The Write Spot Blog by Marlene Cullen

Category: Prompts

  • Fortunes in cookies. Prompt #632

    Today’s Writing Prompt:

    Write fortunes for fortune cookies.

    See what DSBriggs did with this prompt on the Sparks page of The Write Spot Blog.

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  • Cozy mystery writing . . . Prompt #631

    Pretend you are a mystery story writer. Or maybe you actually are a mystery writer.

    For this prompt, think cozy mystery.

     One of your characters has met his/her demise.

    How did it happen?

    Who is the surprise character who did the deed?

    Why?

    OR: Write about a book or an author you especially like.

    Cozy Mysteries are a subgenre of crime fiction taking place in a small, socially intimate community. The detective is an amateur sleuth.

    Examples:

    Nancy Drew books

    Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher” in “Murder, She Wrote”

    Bree Baker: Seaside Cafe Mystery Series

    Lilian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who… series

    Rita Mae Brown: Mrs. Murphy and company

  • Luck . . . Prompt #630

    Luck!

    Do you make your own luck?

    Definition of luck:

    ~Success or failure brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions.

    Good luck symbols:

    From pigs in China to shamrocks in Ireland, different cultures have their own good luck charms:

    Conch shells ~ Elephants ~ Oranges ~ Bamboo ~ Rabbit’s foot

    Write about luck and or write about a good luck charm.

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  • The truth is . . . Prompt #629

    Today’s writing prompt . . .

    The Truth is . . .

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  • Poem from character sketch . . . Prompt #628

    Prompt #1

    Think about someone important in your life.

    Someone who made an impact on you.

    Write a list or a few paragraphs of events in this person’s life.

    It could be milestones or simple everyday things.

    Prompt #2

    Turn what you just wrote into a poem with these suggestions:

    Make this a numbered poem. Each stanza gets a number.

    Each stanza is four lines.

    Each stanza represents a chunk of time in the person’s life, perhaps by decade.

    Example:

    1.

    Love child

    Tossed around

    Whose arms held her?

    Who comforted her?

    2.

    Showing off

    Late for work

    Three times

    Not a charm

    Thank you to Susan Furness who suggested this prompt at Recovery Writing of Idaho, organized by Norma Jaeger.

    Image from “The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections.”

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  • Games . . . Prompt #627

    Write about:

    ~ Childhood games, favorite games, games you played over and over again.

    ~ What games do you like now?

    ~ What game would you like to teach someone?

    ~If you don’t like playing games, write about that.

  • Character Sketch . . . Prompt #626

    Finish sentences as your fictional character would.

    OR: Write your responses, as author/writer.

    My full name is (include maiden name and middle name):

    I live at or near . . .

    I live with . . .

    I usually wear . . .

    I want . . .

    I hope . . .

    People would be surprised to know that I . . .

    I am happiest when . . .

    I daydream about . . .

    If I had my way . . .

    I don’t understand . . .

    I get angry when . . .

    People wouldn’t like it if they knew . . .

    I never told anyone that I . . .

    If I were in charge . . .

    My hobbies are . . .

    My favorite breakfast . . .

    My pet peeves . . .

    My favorite drink . . .

    My favorite place to hang out . . .

    I don’t like it when . . .

    My best friend . . .

    I like to . . .

  • The last straw . . . Prompt #625

    Writing Prompt:

    The last straw . . .

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  • When I was a kid . . . Prompt #624

    Writing Prompt:

    When I was a kid . . .

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  • Message in a bottle . . . Prompt #623

    Writing Prompt:

    Walking along the beach, a bottle washes ashore, right at your feet. It has note inside. What does it say? Who is it from?

    Or:

    You decide to write a message in a bottle. What do you write? What do you do with the bottle? Who do you hope finds it?

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